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half-dead

half-dead is the alternative form of halfdead.

Meaning of halfdead

Adjective

halfdead (not comparable)

  1. Halfway dead; only partially alive.
    • But even after he was beyond the danger zone, he still felt halfdead.1999, Patti Massman, Susan Rosser, A Matter of Betrayal

Questions about half-dead

What is half-dead the alternative form of?
Half-dead is the alternative form of halfdead.

Words near half-dead in the dictionary

  1. half-cousins
  2. half-cracked
  3. half-crown
  4. half-crowns
  5. half-cut
  6. half-dead
  7. half-deal
  8. half-deals
  9. half-decent
  10. half-deck
  11. half-decked

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